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热爱

rè'ài

to love deeply

A person hugging a heart
Memory picture

Characters in this word

热 rè

Strokes
10
Radical
灬 — fire
Made of
执 to execute 灬 fire
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

爱 ài

Strokes
10
Radical
爫 — claws, nails, talons
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 我热爱中文。 Wǒ rèài Zhōngwén. I deeply love Chinese.
  • 他热爱生活。 Tā rèài shēnghuó. He loves life deeply.
  • 她热爱音乐。 Tā rèài yīnyuè. She deeply loves music.

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